Fraser's eagle-owl
Ketupa poensis (Fraser, 1854)
Status not recordedowls
The fraser's eagle-owl (Ketupa poensis) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh 575 g to 746 g.
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Quick facts about the fraser's eagle-owl
- Weight
- 575 g – 746 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the fraser's eagle-owl live?
Not recorded
Is the fraser's eagle-owl endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the fraser's eagle-owl classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusKetupa
- SpeciesKetupa poensis (Fraser, 1854)
Synonyms Bubo fasciolatus, Bubo poensis
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- Fraser’s eagle owlEnglish
- FREOEnglish
- duc de GuineaCatalan
- ketupa guinejskáCzech
- Tropisk HornugleDanish
- GuineauhuGerman
- Guinea-UhuGerman
- gvinea gufoEsperanto
- Búho de GuineaSpanish
- Búho del Golfo de GuineaSpanish
- mets-kassikakkEstonian
- pikkuraitahuuhkajaFinnish
- Grand-duc de FraserFrench
- Grand-duc à aigrettesFrench
- šumska ušaraCroatian
- Fraser-uhuHungarian
- Gufo reale di FraserItalian
- コヨコジマワシミミズクJapanese
- gvinėjinis didysis apuokasLithuanian
- Kleine OehoeDutch
- småhubroNorwegian
- puchacz ciemnolicyPolish
- bufo-congolêsPortuguese
- bufo-da-guinéPortuguese
- bufo-de-fraserPortuguese
- Гвинейский филинRussian
- výr maľovanýSlovak
- ketupa maľovanáSlovak
- småuvSwedish
- Gine PuhusuTurkish
- пугач гвінейськийUkrainian
- 弗氏雕鸮Chinese
- 弗雷氏鵰鴞Chinese
Relatives of the fraser's eagle-owl
Other species in the same genus Ketupa.
Brown fish owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
Buffy fish owl
Ketupa ketupu
Tawny fish owl
Ketupa flavipes
Akun eagle-owl
Ketupa leucosticta
Giant eagle owl
Ketupa lactea
Barred eagle-owl
Ketupa sumatrana
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the fraser's eagle-owl?
An adult fraser's eagle-owl weighs 575 g – 746 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the fraser's eagle-owl?
The fraser's eagle-owl (Ketupa poensis) belongs to the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
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